Dawn C. Parrent

By the Midland Daily News

Published
6:45 am EDT, Thursday, April 28, 2011

Dawn C. Parrent, 25, of Midland, died unexpectedly, Monday evening, April 25, 2011, at St. Mary's of Michigan in Saginaw. She was born Feb. 11, 1986, in Galveston, Texas, daughter of Edward Charles and Kathryn (Kendall) Parrent of Sanford. Dawn was a 2005 graduate of Meridian High School and was currently attending Davenport University in Midland, where she was enrolled in the nursing program. She enjoyed playing bingo, but her favorite thing was being "a loving mom" to her six-month-old son, Caden Lee.

Surviving besides her parents, Edward and Kathy, and her son, Caden Lee, is her brother, Edward Clarence Parrent of Sanford; her grandmothers, Pat Parrent of Sanford, and Florence Conklin of Houston, Texas; her aunt, Sherri Parrent, with whom she made her home; her uncle, Robert Bates and his wife Debra of Maple Heights, Ohio; her nephew, Charles Edward Parrent, and many other relatives and good friends.

Funeral services will take place at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 30, 2011, from the Ware Smith Woolever Funeral Chapel, 1200 W. Wheeler St. Pastor Neil Wiggins of the Hope Baptist Church will officiate, with graveside committal services to follow in the Jerome Township Cemetery in Sanford. Dawn's family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 4-7 p.m., and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until time of services. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider Dawn's family.